Rethinking the reasonable person : an egalitarian reconstruction of the objective standard /

The 'reasonable person' is used to assess the acceptability of behaviour in many areas of the law. This notion has attracted a great deal of criticism as it presupposes uncontested notions of 'normal' behaviour. This book explores whether there are deeper foundations to these cri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Moran, Mayo
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Subjects:	Negligence. Torts. Sex discrimination in justice administration. Feminist jurisprudence. Law > Methodology. Negligence, Contributory. Negligence, Comparative. Négligence (Droit) Responsabilité civile. Discrimination sexuelle dans l'administration de la justice. Féminisme et droit. negligence. torts. Feminist jurisprudence Law > Methodology Negligence Sex discrimination in justice administration Torts Law, General & Comparative. Law, Politics & Government. Crime & criminology. Criminal law. Philosophy & theory of law. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: 'Personal' problems: rethinking the reasonable person
Living on the fault line: the reasonable person and the developmentally disabled
'Boys will be boys': the child defendant and the objective standard
Fun with Dick and Jane
Just the facts: common sense ideas of the normal and the reasonable person
Ordinary prudence, equality, and the rule of law
Are objective standards worth saving? Exploring the feminist debate
Culpability and the objective standard: the sexual assault debate
Moving towards a solution: an egalitarian objective standard.